xv, 221 pages : 21 cm

Studies how computers are taking over the world and explains why the author believes computers should not be used in schools

Includes bibliographical references and index

Why computers don't belong in the classroom -- A literate Luddite? -- Makes learning fun -- The hidden price of computers -- Loony for laptops -- Multimedia comics -- CRTs for tots -- A question of balance -- Calculating against calculators -- Education by e-mail -- Cyberschool -- The computer contrarian -- Arrogance of the techies -- Software guinea pigs -- The tyranny of the ugly computer -- "Information is power" -- Help! I'm stuck at a help desk! -- The connected library -- Planned obsolescence -- New uses for your old computer -- The plague of PowerPoint -- Junk food and the Internet: the economics of information -- Rule number two -- Isolated by the Internet -- All truth

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